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Federal, Private
Airport Screeners
Do Poorly in Tests

WASHINGTON -- Federal investigators have found that airport screeners often fail to spot weapons -- whether they are federal employees or private-security screeners.

Investigators for the Department of Homeland Security and General Accounting Office told Congress that an alarming number of potential weapons still are slipping by airport screeners nearly three years after the hijacking attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, including those at the five airports that are allowed to hire private screeners. The secret inspections cast...